‘YOU HAVEN’T done a movie column for a while,” writes Livermore’s Jerry Cupps. “I was thinking today about movie scenes that are so memorable, all you have to do is mention the movie and the scene pops into your mind. ‘Psycho’ is the prototype famous-scene movie, but it’s by no means the only one.

“I’ll list a few more movies — admittedly, your younger readers may not be familiar with all of them — and I’ll bet one scene from each immediately replays itself in your mind.”

AND HE’S right. That’s exactly what happened when I read Jerry’s selections.

Here are the 10 movies he listed:

1. “Bonnie and Clyde”

2. “When Harry Met Sally”

3. “Twelve O’Clock High”

4. “A Night at the Opera”

5. “A Few Good Men”

6. “Saboteur”

7. “North By Northwest”

8. “King Kong”

9. “Bullitt”

10. “Ben Hur”

AND HERE are the 10 scenes that immediately popped into my head — as I’m pretty sure they just popped into yours:

1. The bullet-riddled car and lovers.

2. The fake orgasm restaurant scene.

3. Gregory Peck’s nervous breakdown as he tries to board a bomber.

4. The crowded stateroom scene.

5. “You can’t handle the truth!”

6. The overhead shot of Norman Lloyd falling from the Statue of Liberty.

7. The crop-duster.

8. Kong atop the Empire State Building, swatting planes.

9. The car chase through the streets of San Francisco.

10. The chariot race.

THE ONLY ONE I felt unsure about was “Twelve O’Clock High,” which had, for me, three memorable scenes. So I contacted Jerry, and found that the breakdown scene — my first choice — was what he had in mind. We also both felt that movie doesn’t get the respect it deserves.

WHAT WASN’T mentioned, though, was movie scenes that do not immediately pop into everybody’s head when the movie is mentioned — only into yours.

I have several of those stored in my mental attic.

There is, for example, an obscure little B movie from the’40s called “San Antonio Rose.” In it, there’s a scene I’ve never forgotten.

IT TAKES PLACE in a nightclub where a small fire breaks out near the dance floor. A waiter — a little guy not much more than 5 feet high — rushes to the wall and grabs a fire hose that is on a reel. He slings the end of the hose over his shoulder, grasps it tightly and begins running full tilt between the tables, heading for the fire. And suddenly the reel runs out.

The little guy is jerked backward, high into the air, and comes crashing down on a table full of diners.

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